Falling Satellites & Space Junk: Q&A with Orbital Debris Expert Ray Williamson

Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 14:30 in Astronomy & Space

SPACE.com talks to an orbital debris expert about the falling UARS satellite and the problem of junk in space.

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